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Cuts and caps to benefits have always harmed people, not helped them into work

Many of the measures already implemented to reduce government spending have actually pushed people further away from the labour market.

Ruth Patrick

When John Swinney, made tackling child poverty his number one priority, he was – perhaps deliberately – setting Holroyd on a rather different...

Sometime this autumn, the UK government is expected to publish its plan to “get Britain working again”. The new administration certainly faces a...

In the run-up to the UK budget, Labour has been trailing just how perilous the Government’s finances are; seeking to prepare the country for what...

This morning, about 300,000 children woke up in households affected by the benefit cap. Lots of these children – enough to fill more than 1,000...

23 July 2024, 09:30 | Updated: 23 July 2024, 09:31 By Ruth Patrick The two-child limit has been around for over seven years, but it’s taken...

The first king’s speech of the new Labour government set out a wide-ranging legislative programme. There was lots to welcome, such as a new deal...